Definitions
Comp Risks 1
Fill in the Blank
Comp Risk Challenge
Misc.
100
sharp; eager; intense; sensitive
keen
100
Giving human like qualities to objects.
Personification
100
In court, the witness took an ________ that he would tell the whole truth.
oath
100
Repition of initial consonant sounds.
Alliteration
100
These types of words spice up boring nouns.
Specific Noun dog=Dalmation
200
The ability to say the right thing
tact
200
Make a comparison by saying that the subject is something else. Example: His fingers were icicles.
Metaphor
200
Although my neighbor just bought a new car, I am not _________ of him.
jealous
200
I've been waiting for you for centuries!
Hyperbole
200
Descriptive adjectives can also be called _____________. For example: white with a canary yellow center
Modifier
300
brave; showing respect for women
gallant
300
A "turn of phrase" where a phrase replaces a singular idea, concept, feeling or thing.
Idiom
300
Because Rose was poor, she had to _________ her idea of going to college.
Abandon
300
She persistently browsed through the jam packed racks at Holister eagerly searching for the baby pink striped cotton hoodie.
Special Details for Effect
300
sat = slumped look = glared pull= yanked ran= darted What is the proper term for the word on the right?
Lively Verb
400
not used to something
unaccustomed
400
A deliberate exaggeration used for emphasis.
Hyperbole
400
The _______ about the bank robber were given to the F.B.I.
data
400
She had butterflies in her stomach as she approached the stage.
Idiom
400
This Compositional Risk triggers at least one of the five senses of the reader. See, hear, taste, smell, feel.
Descriptive Language
500
become fit; show that you are able
qualify
500
Even if it was raining, or the boardwalk was closed, or if nobody else wanted to come with me, I would still want to spend my birthday at the beach.
Magic 3
500
In the movie, the married man was mistaken for a ________.
bachelor
500
Her legs were spaghetti noodles after the race.
Metaphor
500
Name all 12 vocabulary words
abandon, keen, jealous, tact, oath, vacant, hardship, gallant, data, unaccustomed, bachelor, qualify
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